[A Walk from London to John O’Groat’s by Elihu Burritt]@TWC D-Link bookA Walk from London to John O’Groat’s CHAPTER VI 23/29
A moderate bill for a day's entertainment will read thus:-- s.d. Tea (bread and butter or toast) 1 0 Bed 1 6 Breakfast (rasher of bacon, eggs, or cold meats) 1 6 Dinner 2 6 Waiter 0 9 Chambermaid 0 6 Boots 0 3 ---- Total 8 0 These are about the average charges at the middle-class hotels in Great Britain.
Generally the servants' fees amount to 25 per cent. of the whole bill.
These, too, are graduated to parts of days.
The waiter expects 3d.
for every meal he serves; the chambermaid 6d.
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